Revisionist Baseball

1970 Tournament
Round 2
New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Game 1                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1970 Mets              0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0     2  9  0    12  1
1970 Dodgers           3  0  0  1  4  0  0  0  x     8 13  0     5  1

W - Osteen             L - Seaver
Tom Seaver allowed three homers, including a grand slam by Willie Crawford, and the Dodgers won game 1 by a score of 8-2.  Crawford also had a solo homer and Tom Haller had a three-run shot.  Ron Swoboda homered for the Mets.

Dodgers lead series 1-0.

Game 2                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14     R  H  E   LOB DP
1970 Mets              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0     2 12  0    10  1
1970 Dodgers           0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  1     3 11  0     9  2

W - Vance              L - Taylor
Von Joshua's two-out single in the bottom of the 14th inning scored Maury Wills with the winning run as the Dodgers edged the Mets, 3-2.  The Mets had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the 9th on a two-run homer by Ken Boswell, but closer Tug McGraw couldn't hold it.  Boswell had three hits in the game for New York.

Dodgers lead series 2-0.

Game 3                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1970 Dodgers           0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  0     3  7  0     6  1
1970 Mets              0  0  0  0  2  1  5  0  x     8  7  1     2  0

W - McAndrew           L - Foster
A five-run 7th, highlighted by Donn Clendenon's three-run homer, gave the Mets an 8-3 win over the Dodgers.

Dodgers lead series 2-1.

Game 4                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1970 Dodgers           1  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0     3  8  1     7  2
1970 Mets              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  5  1     4  2

W - Singer             L - Gentry             Sv - Brewer
Wes Parker drove in two runs and Manny Mota scored twice to lead the Dodgers to a 3-1 win over the Mets.  Art Shamsky's home run accounted for the only New York run.

Dodgers lead series 3-1.

Game 5                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1970 Dodgers           0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  1     3 11  0     9  1
1970 Mets              0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0     2  5  1     3  1

W - Osteen             L - Herbel             Sv - Brewer
Maury Wills doubled and Von Joshua drove him home with the winning run in the top of the 9th for a 3-2 Dodger victory over the Mets.  Jim Brewer struck out all three batters he faced to get the save.

Dodgers win series 4-1.

Series MVP - Tom Haller (.400, 3 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1 run scored).

New York Mets roster
Los Angeles Dodgers roster

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